St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-30
DOINGs OF THE DAY.
Full Details Ofthe Business Trans
acted---After CIeYeIand,s Scaln

Full Details OF Business Trans
acted---After CIeveiand's Scalp.
Special to the Globe.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 29.-Outside of the
reunion of states at Forest park, which
was Of an informal character, and, in
point of attendance, fell considerably
short of the expectations of its promo
tiers, there was no set programme for the
veterans to-day. A large number of
them participated in the excursion to the
tomb of Abraham Lincoln at Spring
field, while others visited points ofinter-
est around the city. The weather was
fitful, alternating between brief snatehes
of sunshine and sharp sudden showers.
Sixteen hundred comrades. with 5000
more of their relatives and friends,
spentthe morning at the Jefferson bar
racks, while another contingent visited
the national cemetery and with UNI
covered heads and eyes dimmed with
tears moved around among the graves
of their comrades on bloody fields. Gen.
Sl0cum arrived at noon, and both at the
depot and his hotel received an ovation.
Tonight the New York delegation gave
a reception in his honor, while the dele
gates to the convention of the WOman'S
Relief Corps were the guests of the city
at a reception in the merchants eX-
change.
THE SECRET SESSIONS
of the encampment and the Women'S
Relief corps were resumed this morn
ing. An offer was submitted by De-
partment Commander Smedbury of Cal
~ifornia, ON behalf of John G. Capron
and Col. Halabird. of San Diego. 1t
proposes the establishment of a e.. A.
ID co1linrct hnn,n IN, fbof n;f,- TH1,ou 10
mated land equivalent to 100000 in
cash. T~hirty-five thousand dollars of
this is to be used in the immediate
erection of buildings, the balance to be
invested in order to provide all endOw-
ment fund. There was a consultation
this morning between the council of adj
miniStration. Gen. Fairchild and Charles
E. Gautz, of Albany, n. Y, the repre-
sentative of Joseph w. DreXel, in refer
ence to the acceptance of the
Grant cottage at Mt. McGregor. Gautz
had come here prepared to hand over
the deed for the cottage, but it was Sug-
gested that there was a. difficulty in the
way of accepting the gift in the fact
that the Grand army is not an incorpo-
rated body. Judge Advocate General
fainter, or Connecticut, decided that it
would only be necessary to appoint a
board of trustees in whose name the
deed could be made out. At the close
of the conference there was a
UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT
that the gift should be accepted. A
movement was inaugurated looking to
the reelection of Gen. Fairchild as
commander-in-ehief. 1t originated with
the California delegation, which was in
caucus until after 2 o'clock this morn
ing. Gen. Slocum's candidacy was dis
missed in a few moments. Gems. E.
Grier, of this city, and Warner,
of Kansas City, both fell short
of the number necessary to hold
the delegation; AS last resort a sec
ond term for Gen. Fairchild was sug-
ately adopted, and the delegation at
once unfurled the banner of the present
commander-in-chief. Sherman has de-
clared for Gen. Grier. Only the COM
mittee on credentials reported at sthe
opening of the encampment this MORN
ing. Something was expected from the
committee on resolutions, but it failed
to show up. Vandervoort's resolution
%censuring President Cleveland for veto
ing the dependent pension bill has been
before them, and the wrangle lasted up
to the hour of adjournment of the MORN
ing session without any definite result.
LII Is SdlU, HONeFeT, That Jnf6G-
fifths of the committee are in
favor of reporting the resolution to
the encampment in its original shape.
The only definite action of Importance
in the encampment up to the dinner
hour was the adoption of the pension
bill giving the widow of every soldier
IS per month, no matter whether death
resulted from injuries received in the
army or from other causes, and which
further makes every dependent or
pauper soldiers discharge papers the
ONLY NECESSARY CLAIM
for a pension of S12 monthly. Under
this measure all veterans who are in
mates of charitable institutions OF sol
diers' hccles, and who have the proper
dischalV papers, or who can show by
the records that they were h~onOrably
discharged from the federal army,
would be entitled to this pension. The
news of the adoption of the measure
created considerable dissatisfaction
among the supporters of the service
pension bill, who wanted action upon
their own measure before the other
one came up for consideration.
Sherman" Use til countersign for the
present meeting of the convention, and
1t has been communicated to 10 many
/ comrades that all day long the galleries
were packed. The big dYnamos under
the hall were whining and rumbIing
and it was almost impossible to hear
what went on q few feet from the piat-